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California is positioning itself to help run a unified, independently governed electricity market across the West. With AB 825 signed on September 19, 2025, the California Legislature authorized the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to transfer certain market functions to a new Independent Regional Organization (IRO). The IRO will oversee CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) and upcoming Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM), while CAISO will retain grid-balancing operations, resource adequacy and reliability, transmission planning, and policy implementation.

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Some companies that do business in California are facing rapidly approaching compliance deadlines under California’s climate disclosure laws, SB 253 and SB 261, the first of which will occur on Jan. 1, 2026. On Nov. 10, a number of plaintiffs, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, filed an Emergency Application for Injunction Pending Appeal…

Employers with sophisticated safety programs implement overarching Safety and Health Management Systems (“SHMS”, also called Injury and Illness Prevention Plans and Accident Prevention Plans) to ensure that they properly assess hazards, select appropriate safety controls, evaluate safety performance, and engage employees. Federal OSHA recommends an SHMS and routinely demands the development of an SHMS to…

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On Nov. 10, 2025, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York State Office of the Attorney General (OAG) entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to streamline the land acquisition process in New York. This blog post provides background information regarding the existing land acquisition process and discusses the…

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Dalam dunia permainan daring yang semakin berkembang, slot depo 10k telah menjadi pilihan menarik bagi para pecinta slot di Indonesia. Dengan deposit minimal hanya 5000 rupiah, para pemain dapat merasakan sensasi bermain mesin slot yang mendebarkan tanpa harus mengeluarkan banyak uang. Konsep ini memberikan…

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Agricultural Labor: DHS Publishes Rule Ending Automatic Extension for Certain Employment Authorization Categories
On October 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in the Federal Register…

As the longest federal government shutdown on record continued earlier this week, EPA stayed busy putting the finishing touches on one of its PFAS-related priorities — enabling EPA to “smartly collect” information about PFAS substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as required by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. Early signs of EPA’s desire to simplify the TSCA PFAS reporting rule, which was finalized by the Biden EPA in 2023, were evident in the agency’s April 2025 announcement of “Major Actions to Combat PFAS Contamination” discussed here, where EPA committed to implement the required information collection “without overburdening small businesses and article importers.”

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation lifting moratorium on transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline.

By Joshua T. Bledsoe, Marc T. Campopiano, Brian McCall, and Shawna Strecker

On October 10, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation aimed at boosting California’s carbon capture, removal, utilization and storage (CCUS) market. CCUS involves capturing carbon…